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JOHN VANDEROAR, OF WEST TROY, NET YORK.

IRONING-NIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,631, dated November16, 1880.

Application filed March 11, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN VANDERGAR, of West Troy, in the county oi'Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a plan view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional sideelevation taken through the line .t w, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation, part being broken away.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish machines designed especiallyfor use in laundries for smoothing and drying collars, cuffs, and otherarticles, which shall be so constructed that the articles to be operateduponwill befed automatically into and through the niachines, and whichshall be simple in Yconstruction and effective in operation.

A represents the frame of the machine. B O are two rollers placed theone directly above the oth er. The journals ofthe roller O revolveinbearings in the frame A. Thejournals ofthe roller B revolve invertical slots in uprights D, attached to the frame A.

Upon the journals of the roller B rest halt'- bearings E, upon the uppersides of' which rest the lower ends of spiral or other springs, F.

Upon the upper ends of the springs F rest sliding blocks G, which areheld down by screws H passing in through the caps of the uprights D, sothat the force with which the roller B presses upon the roller O may beregulated by adjusting the screws H.

To the projecting end of one of the journals of the roller O is attacheda crank wheel or pulley, I, by means of which motion is given to themachine by hand or by any other convenient power. A

To the projecting end of the other journal of the roller O is attached asmall gear-wheel, J, the teeth of which mesh Vinto the teeth of a smallintermediate gear-wheel, K. Theteeth of the gear-wheel K mesh into theteeth ot' the small gear-wheel L, attached to the journal of the rollerM, pivoted to the frame A upon a level with the lower roller, C.

To the forward end of the frame A is pivoted a roller, N, around whichand the roller M (No model.)

passes au endless apron, Q, which receives the articles as they pass outfrom between the rollers B O and carries the said articles out ot' themachine. The teeth of the gear-wheel J also mesh into the teeth ofthesmall intcrxnediate gear-wheel P, the teeth of which mesh into the teethot'the small gear-wheel Q, attached to a journal of the roller R. Theroller R is pivoted to the frame A upon a level with and close to thelower roller, (l, and around it 6o passes an endless apron, S, whichalso passes around a pulley, T, pivoted to the frame A.

To the outer ends of the journals ot the rollers C T are attachedpulleys U V, around which passes an endless band, W, so that the rollerT may be driven from the roller O.

To the journal ot' the roller T is attached a small gear-wheel, X, theteeth oi" which mesh into the teeth of a small intermediate gearwheel,Y, pivoted to the frame A. The teeth 7c of the gear-wheel Y mesh intothe teeth of the small gear-wheel Z, attached to the journal of theroller a, which is pivoted to the inner part of the small frame b, andaround which and around a roller, c, pivoted to the outer part of theframe b passes an endless apron, d. The frame b slides in a slot in theframe A, so that the said frame l) may be moved inward to throw thegear-wheels Z Y into gear, and outward to throw the said gear-wheels outof 8o O1ear. b e is a foot-lever attached to the outer end of a shaft,j', which rocks in bearings in the lower rear part of the frame A.

To the middle part of the rock-shaft f is attached anupwardly-projecting arm, g, the up-I per end of which is forked orslotted to receive a-\rod, h, attached to the outer end of the slidingframe b, so that the frame b may be moved inward to throw the gearwheelsZ Y into gear 9o may move at the same rate of speed. The inrootermediate gear-wheels, K l? Y, cause the endless aprons O S d and thelower roller, C, to all move in the same direction.

In using the machine the collars, cuffs, or other articles are spreadout upon the endless apron d, and the frame b is moved inward byoperating the foot-lever e to throw the gearwheels Z Y into gear, sothat the endless apron S will take the articles from the endless apron dand carry them forward and deliver them to the rollers B C, by whichthey are smoothed and pressed. As the articles pass out from between therollers B C they are received upon the endless apron O and carried outot' the machine.

j is a steam box or chest, into which steam is introduced from a boilerthrough the pipe 7s. The water of condensation is withdrawn from thesteam-chest through a pipe. (Not shown.) The steam-chestj is secured tothe frameA in such a position as to be directly above the endless apronO, so as to dry the articles as they are being carried out of themachine by the endless apron O.

It' desired,anoth er steam-chest may be placed between the upper andlower parts of the endless apron O, to insure the thorough drying of thearticles as they are carried upon the said endless apron.

apron O, the tubs being placed at the ends of the machine.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The combination, with the frame A and the endlessapron S, of the sliding frame b, the endless apron d, the rollers a c,the gearwheels X Y Z, and the pulleys and band UV XV, substantially asherein shown and described, whereby the endless apron d is driven fromthe roller C to feed the articles to the endless apron S, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the frame A and the sliding frame b, thatcarries the rollers a c and endless apron d, of the foot-lever e, therock-shaft f, the arm g, the rod h, and the spring' t', substantially asherein shown and described, for moving the frame b and its attachmentsforward and back, as set forth.

JOHN VANDERCAR.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, C. SnDGwrcK.

